Shock AT&T-Discovery Deal Raises Questions for Global Streaming Expansion
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If AT&T and Discovery’s shock announcement underlines any learnings in recent years, it’s that legacy media is fighting back. And for this particular deal, a key battleground could be overseas.
The new combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery, a closely guarded manoeuvre relegated to C-suite executives, has come as a surprise to the vast majority of staff in both companies’ international camps, who hope a town hall quickly scheduled for Tuesday will clear up confusion around what’s to come one of the most urgent matters, by most accounts, being what lies ahead for each company’s much-ballyhooed streaming offering.
Launch of International Hulu Raises Questions for Disney Distribution
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The international version of Hulu is here, and it’s prompting Disney’s global buyers to think long and hard about how much of the media giant’s licensed content they can live without.
Years after the international industry first began speculating about a global Hulu, Disney has unveiled Star, the ambitious sixth tile on streamer Disney Plus, which will be available to subscribers outside the U.S. beginning Feb. 23.
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To date, international customers have been forced to hunt all over for catalog television titles such as “Desperate Housewives,” “24” and “Lost.” All this content will now be on one platform, alongside ABC Studios shows like “Big Sky” and “Love Victor” and hot new FX offerings such as “Only Murders in the Building” and “The Old Man.”
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